Gage.



No. 832,962. PATENTED OCT. 9, 1906. A.- D. FELLOWS.

GAGE, APPLICATION FILED APR. 15, 1904.

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ATTORNEYS l 3, 4., 5, and

ALLEN DOUGLAS FELLOWS, OF EAST AUBURN, CALIFORNIA.

GAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 9, 1906.

Application filed April 15, 1904;. Serial No. 203.300.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALLEN DOUGLAS FEL- Lows, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of East Auburn, in the county of Placer and Stateof California, have invented a new and Improved Gage, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to gages, and more particularly to those adaptedfor use with shingling-hatchets or similar tools. Its principal objectsare to provide a simple and inexpensive device which may be readilyattached to the tool.

It consists in the various features and combinations hereinafterdescribed and more particularly claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a shingled roof inconnection with which a hatchet embodying one form of my invention isbeing employed. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the hatchet-head with thegage in place, parts being broken away; and Figs. 6 are sectionaldetails of other forms of my invention.

My improved gage consists, tially, of two members G and G, the first ofwhich includes a cylindrical head 10, from which projects a shank 11,this being shown in Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 as threaded. The second memberG is in the form of an opposite cylindrical head which is of a diameterequal to the head 10 and is provided with a bore 12, here shown asextending completely through it. This bore is threaded for engagementwith the shank 11.

To apply the gage to such a tool as ahatchet H, the blade 13 thereof isprovided with what is here illustrated as a series of openings 14, eachof which is of such a diameter that the unthreaded portion of thegage-shank adjacent to the head may fit snugly therein. The series ofopenings extends longitudinally of the blade and preferably near itsouter edge. To mount the gage upon the blade, its shank is insertedthrough one of the openings 14 and the opposite head screwed on theshank. The two elements may then be forced into coaction with the bladeby inserting a small rod, such as a wire nail, through recesses 15,which extend transversely of each head and are conveniently in moreBSSGII- the form of openings extending entirely through them. Thedistance of each opening in the series from the head 16 of the hatchetwill be such that the outer surface of the gage? heads will lie at adistance therefrom equal to the space which it is desired the butt of ashingle shall be exposed to the weather, and obviously by moving thegage from one to another of the openings this distance may be varied. Ifit is preferred that the gage shall be made permanently a part of thehatchet rather than to be separable therefrom, the form of my inventionillustrated in Fig. 6 may be employed, in which the shank 17 isunthreaded; but instead, after the opposite head has been placed aboutit, the shank may be upset at its end 18 to secure the parts together.

In Fig. 3 is shown a portion of a hatchet having a wedge-shaped blade,to which it would be impossible to satisfactorily apply the gage in theform previously described, since the inner faces would not have a properbearing. To obviate this difficulty, inclined annular surfaces 19 areshown about each side of each of the openings, these producing a cuppeddepression, which will receive a correspondingly inclined or convex endsurface 20 upon each of the. gage members. This conformation permits theends of said members to seat themselves in the depressions in spite ofthe inclination of the blade and to assume a position vertical to theblade-axis. In Fig. 5 another method of securing the same result isshown, the square ends of the gage being here retained, and washers 21,having inclined faces 22, may 00- act with the opposite faces of thehatchetblade, being interposed between them and the heads.

In Fig. 4 the member or head G is provided with an enlargement, which isshown as separable, it conveniently consisting of a washer 23, having adepression to receive the end of the head. The washer may be retained inplace by a screw 24. engaging the thread in the head-bore and having itshead overhanging the washer and forcing it into contact with the gagemember. This arrangement allows the securing of a plurality ofmeasurements with a single setting of the-gage upon the hatchet-blade,the extension of the enlargement beyond the head being equal to thedifference between the amounts of exposure of the shingles. It will beevident that this may be also used in connection with a series ofopenings, enabling two gagings to be made for each. The space betweenthe openings in the series will of course be correspondingly increased.

The use of my invention will be cleari'rom Fig. 1 of the drawings. Acourse of shingles being laid, to enable the workman to determine theposition of each shingle for the next course it is only necessary forhim to place the gage-head'against' the butt of a laid shingle andposition the next shingle by the contact of its butt with the surface ofthe hatchethead. If the workman desires to use some otherlengthofexposure of the shingle to the weather, he need only move the gage toone of the other openings.

' I clain1 The combination with a shinglingtool I having an unthreadedopening therein, of a gage, consisting of a head having a threaded 2oshank the tool, a second head having a bore extending entirely throughit and threaded, said head screwing on the shank of the first head, awasher having a depression to receive the 2 5 outer end of the secondhead, and a screw assing through the washer into the threaded projectingthrough the opening of ore o1 the said head.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of 0 two subscribing witnesses.

ALLEN DOUGLAS FELLOWS.

Witnesses:

R; F. BURNS, J. H. BRESLIN.

